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12:35 PM ET, June 30, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump Steps Into North Korea and Agrees With Kim Jong-un to Resume Talks  —  SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump became the first sitting American commander in chief to set foot in North Korea on Sunday as he greeted Kim Jong-un, the country's leader, at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone …
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Audrey McNamara / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Spotted at DMZ With Trump for Interview  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson was spotted with Donald Trump at the Demilitarized Zone on Sunday during the president's historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un.  The American contingent for the trip …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Trump becomes first sitting president to set foot into North Korea  —  PANMUNJOM, South Korea — President Trump met Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea on Sunday, and briefly crossed into North Korea, marking the first time a sitting U.S. president has ever done so.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump ‘was proud’ to cross into North Korea  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Asia.  (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump says he “was proud” to step over the demarcation line between North and South Korea, becoming the first U.S. president to enter North Korea.
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump's press secretary bruised after jostling with North Korea security over media, report says  —  New White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham was bruised Sunday in a scuffle between North Korean security and members of the U.S. press pool covering President Trump's meeting …
NBC News:
Trump meets Kim Jong Un, becomes first sitting U.S. president to step into North Korea  —  “Stepping across that line was a great honor,” Trump said, later adding that it was “something incredible.”  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Taking an unprecedented step onto North Korean soil …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Deadline and Townhall
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Trump, Kim meet at Demilitarized Zone, face-to-face for first time since Hanoi
Associated Press:   Analysis: Trump's diplomacy puts relationships over results
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Harris surges to third place in national poll after debate  —  The number of Democratic primary voters who pick Kamala Harris as their first choice for president doubled after the first Democratic debates, vaulting the California senator into a third-place tie in a new poll.
Discussion: Morning Consult and Political Wire
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Unhappy With Their 2016 Coronation, the Democrats Start a 2020 Circus  —  MIAMI—Marianne Williamson narrowed her eyes and gazed into my soul, channeling some of the same telekinetic lifeforce she'd used minutes earlier to cast a spell on Donald Trump in her closing statement of Thursday's Democratic presidential debate.
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Biden's Struggles Create an Opening for a Moderate Alternative  —  Amy Klobuchar or Michael Bennet may get a second look, if Biden fails to live up to expectations.  —  Joe Biden's unsteady debate performance Thursday night created the likelihood of a wide-open Democratic presidential contest.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Kamala Shotguns Joe Sixpack
Discussion: Althouse
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
2020 Democrats defend Kamala Harris after Donald Trump Jr. tweet about her race
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times
NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:   Fox News ‘Democrat’ Helps Network Attack Kamala Harris
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Kamala Harris: The Racial Strife Candidate
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Raises $2 Million in 24 Hours After Debate
Discussion: Breitbart, Axios and HuffPost
CNN:
Kamala Harris raises $2 million in 24 hours after breakout debate
Discussion: CNBC and Townhall
Evan Real / Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris Campaign Selling T-Shirts Inspired by Viral Joe Biden Moment
Michelle Malkin / gofundme.com:
Protect Andy Ngo Fund  —  Lovers of liberty and supporters of independent media,  —  My friend, Portland, Oregon-based journalist Andy Ngo, was beaten and robbed today by Antifa while covering the latest paroxysms of left-wing violence.  Andy has been singled out, doxxed …
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Stephen Kinzer / BostonGlobe.com:
Soros and Koch brothers team up to end US ‘forever war’ policy  —  BESIDES BEING BILLIONAIRES and spending much of their fortunes to promote pet causes, the leftist financier George Soros and the right-wing Koch brothers have little in common.  They could be seen as polar opposites.
Bryan Bender / Politico:
Pentagon study: Russia outgunning U.S. in race for global influence  —  The U.S. is ill-equipped to counter the increasingly brazen political warfare Russia is waging to undermine democracies, the Pentagon and independent strategists warn in a detailed assessment that happens to echo …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump joking with Putin over eliminating journalists is a betrayal of America. So is ignoring it.
CNN:
Why calling Bernie Sanders a ‘radical’ is nonsense  —  Sanders fires back at Trump over socialism  —  Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University.  Vanessa Fajans-Turner is the director of SDG Finance at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
A China-U.S. Trade Truce Could Enshrine a Global Economic Shift  —  OSAKA, Japan — The spin from President Trump and China's propaganda machines on Saturday portrayed a truce in a trade war that has shaken economies and markets around the world.  Tariffs won't rise further, at least not yet.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Slate
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Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
Trump Bows to Xi Jinping's Huawei Demands at G20
Rebekah Entralg / ThinkProgress:
Trump just publicly proved he couldn't pass a middle-school civics test  —  President Donald Trump embarrassed the country yet again on the international stage this past week during the G20 summit.  Speaking to reporters in Osaka, Japan where the summit was held, Trump displayed a complete lack …
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Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Says He Found Census ‘Shocking’ Because Of The Price Tag
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. judge expands ban on constructing sections of Trump's border wall in Calif., Ariz., while also clearing way for quick appeal  —  A federal judge on Friday expanded a ban on construction of President Trump's signature southern border wall that would have used money secured under his declaration …
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
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Gabriela Resto-Montero / Vox:   Federal judge blocks new stretch of the US-Mexico border wall
 
 
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